Twitter and Journalism – A New Perspective – Being There
by Rob Paterson
Much of the debate about the future of media assumes that traditional media will not “get it”.
But there are important signs that some in traditional media most definitely do get it.
We know that the White House wants to have a better interface with the press – but so does part of the press
Here is Chris Cilliza’s from the Washington Post who is Twittering the Whitehouse – by following his Tweets you get a seat at the conference – you get the internal conversation that you would have if you were there – who is being boring, what the body langauge is etc. A whole new perspective.
Here is David Schlesinger of Reuters who is Twittering at Davos talking about what this means to journalism. Again, if you want to be at Davos – follow the Twitter Stream #davos
What I see is a new perspective. Old Journalism kept you at a distance – emotionally and in time. The journalist pretended to have no feelings or connection. In most cases you were being given a picture of events after they had happened – much filtering went on.
What Twitter is doing is helping the journalist to take you right into the event in real time and also as a participant – you are at the White House Briefing. You are at Davos.
This is entirely new
